Medea 1970

It's a movie about a woman who beheads her brother, stabs her children, and sends her lover's wife up in flames. For Maria Callas, it's a natural.

Medea

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Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman.

Top Billed Cast

María Callas

Medea

Massimo Girotti

Creonte

Laurent Terzieff

Chirone

Giuseppe Gentile

Giasone

Margareth Clémenti

Glauce

Paul Jabara

Pelias

Release Date 1970-01-28
Runtime 1h 58m
Directors Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ennio Guarnieri, Carlo Carunchio, Sergio Citti
Producers Marina Cicogna, Franco Rossellini, Klaus Hellwig, Pierre Kalfon, Georges Chappedelaine, Bino Cicogna
Writers Pier Paolo Pasolini, Euripides